Eyeleting-machine.



W. F. LAUTENSGHLAGER. EYELETING MAGHINE. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 12, 1908.

933,315, Patented Sept. 7, 1909 2 sHEETS-SHEET 1. x 2a m a 1 10fz7 E5 5 25.

W. P. LAUTENSGHLAGER.

BYELETING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 12, 1908. 933,31 5.

Patented Sept. 7, 1909.

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IT D STATES PATENT oriuou.

WILLIAM F. LAUTENSCHLAGER, 0F CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO IORENZMUTHEB,

or DENVER, COLORADO.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. '7, 1909.

Application filed August 12, 1908. Serial No. 448,195.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM F. LAUTEN- SCHLAGER, a citizen .of the United States, residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton. and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Eyeleting- Machines, of which thefollowing is a specification.

' Eyeleting machines for setting eyelets automatically are in practice operated at a high rate of speed, the eyelets bein usually set at the rate of two hundred and fifty to four hundred per minute. The range of work in the usual shoe factory where these machines are em loyed is also great, both in regard to the size of eyelets employed and the distance apart at which the eyelets are set in the stock. In order to accommodate the necessary range of work, and to provide the necessary speed of operation for given eyelets or spacing-distances between eyelets,

it has been a general practice heretofore, in

factories employing machines of this character, to install machines of different sizes for different ranges of work or sizes of eyelets, these machines being usually installed in sets of three. The work or stock, passing through the various departments of the factory for having successive operations imparted to it, reaches the eyeleting department in lots, the several lots being intended to receive'eyelets' of various sizes, also spaced different distances apart. For economical operation it has been the practice heretofore to provide each operator with a set of eyeleting machines above mentioned, usually three, so that entire lots could be completed without the necessity of breaking or dividing the lots, the consequence being that the operator was obliged to do part of the eyeleting on one machine and other parts on the other machines of the set, the space in the shop occupied by each operator. bein the sum of the space occupied by the severa ma-- chines of; his set of machines. s

It is the object of my invention to provide an eyeleting machine capable of setting eyelets of the various sizes usuall employed in eyeleting work, and capable o a w1de range of feeding movement for accommodating the various requirements of spacing-distance between'eyelets, while permitting very rapid operation for allsizes and spacing-distances between eyelets.

It is the object of my invention further to increase the speed of operation of machines The invention will be readily understood from the followin description and claims, and from the drawings, in which latter:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of my 1111'- proved device. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same on the line ww of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-section of the same on a line corresponding to the line yy of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detail in edge elevat1on showing the means for positioning the bell. crank lever; and, Fig. 5 1s a detail in section on the line z-z of Fig. 2 showing the adjustment in the rocking-member.

'1-represents the frame of the machine, in

which. a cam-shaft 2 is journaled in bearings 3.

4 is a head, supporting a punch-ram 5. Sidewise reciprocation is imparted to the head, as by having bearings 6 thereon slide sidewardly on a rod 7 secured to the frame and a rod 8, secured to the head, sliding sidewardly in bearings 9 of the frame, the sidewise reciprocation bein imparted by means to be presently escrlbed. The unch-ram has up and down reciprocation imparted to it by a crank-pin 10 journaled in a block 11 operating in a slide-way 12 in the punch-ram, the crank-pin being on a rook-shaft 13 which has a segment-gear 14 thereon.

15 is a lever pivoted on screws 16 in the frame and having a cam-housing 1 7 in which av cam 18 on the cam-shaft operates for imparting sidewise oscillation to said lever, the upper end of said lever having a segment-gear 19 meshing with the segmentgear 14 for imparting rocking mot1on to said rock-shaft 13.

20 is a lower setting-die adapted to coop- I accomplish these objects by novel mechanerate with the upper setting die 21 on the punch-ram, the latter having a setting-face and also acting as a punch in manner to be hereinafter described. These setting dies, are removable for substituting other settingdies of various sizes for accommodating eyelets of difi'erent sizes. The lower setting-die is on a ram 22 which has u and down reciprocation in bearings 23 1n the frame, these reciprocations being imparted by a crank-pin 24 on the cam-shaft journalefd in 'a slide-block 25in a guide-way 26 on the lower setting-ram.

There is an eyelet-receiving finger 27 adapted to receive eyelets froman eyeletchute 28 which 'has movement imparted thereto by means of an angle-lever 29 articulated therewith and operated by the cam 30 on thecam-shaftrotatmg in a cam-housing 31 on said angle-lever. The e elet-finger is normally ressed upward y by a spring 32 but is a apted to be retracted by the punch-die when the eyelet is being set. Cross feed is imparted to the punch-head. The punching, operation takes place at one ofthe limits of movement of said punchhead, and the settingoperation takes place at the other of its limits of movement. My improved device provides means whereby these limits of movement may be separated small or great distances for accommodating allclasses of work and sizes of eyelets ordinarily used. The distance between the said limits ofmovement represents the spacing distance between eyelets.

The punch is adapted to descend ,on the anvil 33for performlng the punching operation, which takes place at the right hand limit of movement of said punch-ram illustrated in F ig. 1, the punch descending for performing the punching o eration and then moving to the left into ine with the lower setting-die, carrying the stock with it, at which point the eyelet, heretofore received upon the eyelet-finger, is set into the stock,

whereupon the settlng dies again separate, the punch being returned to its punching positlon for repeating the operation.

In order to obtain a wide range of sidewise reciprocation of the punch-head I have provided a cam-housing 34 which has a guideway 35 therein preferably received about and guided by the cam-shaft, and isprovided with an extension 36 having a guideway 37 therein, in which latter a guide-block 38, shown as on one of the screws 16, is received. A cam 39 is on the cam-shaft and operates on the u per contact-face 40 and the lower contact-lime 41- of the cam-housing for moving said cam-housing radially 0 said cam-shaft, the said guide-ways maintaining said movement in a given direction, the movement being exemplified as a vertical movement. Arockin member 42 is journaled about the rock-shatt 13. It comprises a sleeve 43 and a finger 44, having a hub 45 encompassing the sleeve, the finger and sleeve being relatively adjustable by set-screws 46. There is a slot 47 in the finger in which there is a slideblock 48, a pm 49 in the head being journaled in the slide-block, the construction translating the rocking movement of the rocking-member into sidewise reciprocating movement of the head. The rocking-member is provided with an arm 50 in which there is an arc-slot 51 receiving a block 52 arranged to have sliding movement therein. 53 is a connecting-rod which is pivoted at 54 to said block and at 55 to the upward extension on said cam-housing. The are of the slot 51 is described from the pivotal axis of the connecting-rod 53 with the camhousing 34, whereby I obtain an arc of short radius compared with the distance between the rotary axis of the cam-shaft and the pivot 54. The said are is exemplified as described from said pivotal axis when said setting-dies are in 0 position or setting position, in other wor s, at the setting limits of movement of said punch-ram, and when said cam-housing is at its upward limit of necting-rod 53, is to the rocking axis of said rocking-member, the greater will be the rocking movement imparted to the rocking. Y

member by the cam 39 through the radial .moving cam-housing and the connectin -rod articulated tothe latter and to said roc ingmember.

56 is a bell-crank lever pivoted at 57 .to the frame. 'A link 58' is articulated with the arm 59 of said lever at 60 and with said connecting rod at 61. Means are provided for adjusting the range of movement of the bell-crank lever. Thus it is received in a slot 62, the walls 63 of which are provided with perforations 64 for receiving pins 65 66 against which the arm 67- of the bellcrank lever is arranged to strike for controlling'the pivotal position of said bell-crank lever and thereby controlling the range of cross-reciprocation of the punch. In the exemplification, the higher the arm 67 is p0 sitioned the smaller will be the cross-reciprocation of the punch, andthe lower the osition of said arm is-the greater will be t is cross-reci rocation. The positioning effect of the bel -crank lever uponthe connectingrod is produced from a pivotal'point which always moves in a iven direction radially of the cam-shaft an u on an are having a short radius compare with the distance from the rotary axis of the cam-shaft to. the arc-slot, the resultant of which is an increased distance of cross-reciprocation of the punch-head, by which I am enabled to provide adjustments of lengths of cross-reciprocation accomplishing spacing-distances between eyelets throughout a range which will encompass the spacing-distances employed in ordinary practice and which'rangeheretofore had to be accomplished by a plurality of machines as hereinbefore stated.

The eyelets in the quarters of a shoe are usually set at different distances apart, the eyelets at the bases of the quarters being closer together than those at the tops of the quarters. In setting the eyelets those of one spacing on the quarter are first set and the 'machine then-changed by swinging the bellcrank lever while running for setting the eyelets of the other spacing on that quarter. The arm 67 is normally at its upward limit, being held in place by a spring 68.

69 is a rock-shaft which has a projection 7 0 thereon between which and the bell-crank opposlng movements of the setting dies are also accomplished at a definite point with" relation to the cross-reciprocation of the punch-head. Thus the arrow 75 represents the direction of rotation of they cam-shaft.

The cam-housing 34 always moves in the same plane radially of the cam-shaft, the approach of the setting-dies taking place at one of the limits of cross-reciprocation of the punch-head effected by the movement of said cant-housing. The cam-housing always moving in the same direction, will always have its contact-faces engagedby the. hi h point of the cam 39 at the same point in t e rotation of the cam throughout all adjustments for lengths of cross-reciprocationof the punch-head, so that a definite time-relation is maintained between the rocking of the rock-shaft 13 and ofthe rockin -member 42 in all such adjustments,where%y-I am enabled to leave a material part of the factor of safety between the timing of said two motions out of consideration, and to correspondingly increase the speed of the machine.

The connecting-rod 53 may be adjustable and left hand threads at its respective ends for being received in similarly threaded sockets in said end-pieces, jam-nuts. 79 securing the parts of the connecting-rod in rigid relation.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and deslre to secure by Letters Patent is: j

1. In an eyeleting machine, the combination of a punch-head, a rocking-member articulated therewith for translating the rocking motion of said rocking-member into sidewise reciprocating motion of said punchhead, said rocking-member being provided withan arm,- a cam-shaft, a cam-housing reciprocated thereby, a connection-rod articulated with said cam-housing and arm, the articulation of said connecting-rod with said armbeingadjustable toward and from the rocking axis of said rocking-member, and means for maintaining the reciprocation of said cam-housing in a given direction, with said connecting-rod extending at different angles to said given direction of reciprocation of said cam-housing for different adjustments of said articulation of said connecting-rod with said arm.

2. Inan eyeleting machine, the combination of a punch-head having sidewise reciprocation, a punch-ram having up and down reciprocation on said head, a rock-shaft having articulation with said unch ram, a rocking-member having articulation with said head, said rock-shaft and rocking member havlng common rocking axes, a cam and cam-housing therefor having operative connection with said rock-shaft for rocking said rock-shaft, a second cam, a second camhousing operated by said second cam, said rocking-member provided with an arm, a-

connecting-rod having articulation with said second-named cam-housing and said arm, said articulation between said connectingrod and arm being adjustable toward and from said common rocking axes, and means for maintaining the reciprocation of said cam-housing in a given direction while permitting lateral movement of said articula-' tion between said connecting-rod and arm, andcon'structed and arranged for maintaining definite relation between the reciproca= tions of said head and said punch-ram, substantially as described.

3. In an. eyeletingmachine, the combina-' tion of a pair of setting-dies one of said setting-dies comprising a punch, a ram for the latter, a head for said ram, a rock-shaft having connection with said ram for translating the rocking motion of said rock-shaft into up and down reciprocation of said punch-ram, a rocking-member having connection with said head for translating the rocking motion of said rocking-member into sidewise reciprocation of said head, said rock-shaft and rocking-member having common rocking axes, said rocking-member Y having an arm, means for rockin said rockshaft, a cam-shaft provided wit a cam, a cam-housing therefor having an extenslon extending toward said rockmg-member, a connecting-rod articulated with said extension adjacent its point of nearest a roach to said rocking-member, and adjusta e connection between said connecting-rod and arm &

adjustable on an are described from said link as a center when said setting-dies are in juxta-position, and guiding means for maintaining said cam-housing in a given direction of movement toward and from said rocking-member throughout the adjustments of said-adjustable connection, substantially as described.

4:. In an eyeleting machine, the combination of a punch-ram, a head for the same, a rocking-member for imparting reciprocation to said head, means for imparting reciprocation to said punch-ram transverse to said last-named reciprocation, a housing, a shaft having means thereon for reciprocating said housing toward and from said rocking-member, guiding means for maintaining said housing in, a given path of reciprocating movement, a connecting-rod having articulation with said housing, said articulation be ing distanced from said last-named shaft and located between said last-named shaft and rocking-member, said connecting-rod having articulation with said rocking-member adjustable toward andfromthe rocking axis of said rocking-member, and means for controlling the' position of said last-named articulation.

5. In an eyeleting machine, the combination of a pair of setting-dies embracing a punch, a ram for the latter, a head on which said ram has up and down reciprocation, a rocking-member having an arm, a housing having reciprocation toward and from said rocking-member, a shaft and means thereon for imparting said reciprocation to said housing, guiding means for maintaining said housing 1n a given path of reciprocating movement, a connecting-rod having articulation with said housing and extending in directions at angles to said given path of reciprocating movement, said articulation being distanced from said shaft and located between said shaft and rocking-member, said connecting-rod having articulation with said arm, said last-named articulation being adj ustable lengthwise of said arm on an arc de scribed from said articulation between said Z tion between said connecting-rod and arm, articulation between said. extension and said I substantially as described.

6. In an eyeleting machine, the combination of a head arranged for having a setting,-

die thereon, a rocking-member articulated therewith for translating the rocking motion of said rocking-member into sidewise reciprocating motion of said head, said rockingmember being provided with an arm, a camshaft, a cam-housing reciprocated thereby, a connecting-rod articulated with said camhousing and arm, the articulation of sa1d connecting-rod with said arm being adjustable toward and from the rocking axis of said rocking-member, guiding means for said cam-housing for maintaining said cam-housing in a given path of reciprocating movement irrespective of adjustment of said lastnamed articulation, and so constructed and arranged that a straight line drawn between the pivotal axes of said articulations of sa1d connecting-rod with said cam-housing and arm is at an angle to the path of reciprocating movement of said cam-housing, for the purpose specified.

' 7 In an eyeleting machine, the combination of opposing setting-dies, a head havin sidewise reciprocation, a ram havin up an down reciprocation on said head an having one of said setting-dies thereon, means for reciprocating said ram, a rockin -member having. articulation with sa1d hea a camhousing, a cam therefor, means for guidin said cam-housing in a given straight path 0 reciprocating movement, a connecting-rod having articulation with said cam-housing between said cam and rocking-member, said connecting-rod having articulation with said rocking-member which is adjustable on an are described from the axis of articulation be-- tween said connecting-rod and cam-housing when said setting docs are in setting relation, for maintaining said cam and cam-housing-in similar relation to said setting-dies throughout the adjustments of the articulation between said connecting-rod and rocking-member, for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have subscribed my name hereto in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM F. LAUTENSCHLAGER.

Witnesses:

ADELE MEININGER,

COLEMAN AVERY. 

